Sampatthige Savaal (1974)
ಸಂಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಸವಾಲ್
The movie is based on the play Saahukaara written by B. P. Dhuttharagi. The film was a musical blockbuster with all the tracks composed by G. K. Venkatesh considered evergreen hits. Rajkumar became popular as a playback singer with the track Yaare Koogadali from the film which became an instant hit among the audiences. He would then go on to sing regularly for his films. The film was remade in Telugu in 1975 as Thota Ramudu starring Chalam, in Tamil in 1975 as Pudhu Vellam starring Sivakumar and in Malayalam in 1976 as Themmadi Velappan starring Prem Nazir.
- Date of release
- 1974-05-31
- TMDB
- 7.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 2h 28m
- Genres
- Family, Drama
- Director
- A.V. Seshagiri Rao
Casting
- Dr. Rajkumar — Veerabhadra
- Vajramuni — Siddappa
- T. N. Balakrishna — Puttappa
- Manjula — Durga
- Rajashankar — Vishwa
- M. V. Rajamma — Parvathi, Vishwa & Veerabhadra's mother
- H. R. Shastry — Temple Priest
- Shani Mahadevappa
- C. K. Kalavathi — Mahalakshmi
- M.S. Sathya — Kitappa
Interesting facts
Sampathige Savaal is a 1974 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by A. V. Seshagiri Rao and produced by A. N. Murthy, based on the play Saahukaara written by P.B.Dhuttharagi. The film stars Rajkumar, Vajramuni and Manjula. The screenplay, dialogues and lyrics for the soundtracks were written by Chi. Udaya Shankar.
Production
After many attempts to adapt B. P. Dhuttharagi's play Saahukaara into a film had previously failed, producer Parvathamma Rajkumar became interested. She asked screenwriter and Rajkumar's frequent collaborator Chi. Udayashankar to watch the play that was staged in Kanakapura during the time and report his view to her.
Upon Rajkumar's insistence, Vajramuni was cast in the role of Siddappa, the landlord. Director A. V. Seshagiri Rao, who was initially adamant on having Jayanthi as the female lead, relented after Rajkumar suggested that Manjula would be a better choice. The entirety of filming took place in Gajanur, a village in Tamil Nadu, where Rajkumar was born.
The song "Yaare Koogadali" was originally intended to be sung by P. B. Sreenivas. However, his unavailability led composer G. K. Venkatesh suggest that Rajkumar sing it. Rajkumar went on to become a full-fledged playback singer after this. It was picturised on Rajkumar who is seated on a buffalo through most of the song.
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